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VERY WORTHWHILE ADDITION more on more on Fort N.O.C.'s
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 17:05:19 -0500
Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:27:53 +0100 From: Frode Greisen <frode () greisen net> Subject: for IP: FW: [IP] more on Fort N.O.C.'s To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Dave, in case it was not implicit this was meant for IP if you wish. frode ------ Forwarded Message From: Frode Greisen <frode () greisen net> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:13:22 +0100 To: <dave () farber net> Subject: Re: [IP] more on Fort N.O.C.'s Dave, The discussion on root servers has offered some interesting facts but I'd suggest a better overview of the root server situation is the link below: http://www.root-servers.org/presentations/rootops-gac-rio.pdf Here one will learn that the A root server has no special importance as compared to B, C, ... M, or to their anycast clones. So while Verisign's security design is proably worth praise it is not really decisive for the resilience of the Internet. Also, perhaps from a US perspective the Net would appear more secure if all root server operations were contracted directly or indirectly (via ICANN) by a US department or agency. However, I'd like to offer the view that from an international perspective the present situation is preferable since it does not have any technical, organizational or even political single point of failure. Surprising as it may sound, operating with so called volunteers has proven very resilient and it not at all obvious that changes would improve the system. Of course, the volunteers are not random people and organizations, the point is they are accountable to _different_ private or public authorities, see http://www.root-servers.org/ best regards/Frode Greisen ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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